Improvement in overshoes



I. F. WILLIAMS.

improvement in Overshoes.

No. 131,200. Patented Sep.10,1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

ISAAC F. WILLIAMS, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN OVERSHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l lfififi), datedSeptember 10, 187:2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAO F. WILLIAMS, of Bristol, in the county ofBristol and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new andImproved 010th and Rubber Gaiter-Overshoe.

- This invention relates to that class of gaiter-overshoes which areusually composed of water-proofed non-elastic textile fabric and rubber,and provided with'fiap and buckle.

The present invention consists in a novel method of forming a doubleflap by reverse cuts in the exterior and interior fabric composing thevamp, by means of which the seams adjacent to the flap are strengthenedand the shoe is rendered as impervious to the entrance of water or snowat all points adjacent to the flap as at any other portion of the shoe;and I do hereby declare that. the following specification, taken inconnection with the drawing furnished and forming a part of the same, isa true and clear description thereof.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 represents one of my shoes inperspective. Fig. 2 represents the same with the flap extended. Fig. 3represents the three pieces of which the upper and the flap is composed.

The vam and side uarters B are re re ly in outline with the lines I) cand a d in the vamp, with the exception that the upper rear edge is alittle rounded to correspond with the outline ofthe flap extension cutfrom the vamp. The flap-tongueD is also shown in Fig. 3. It is so cut ofone piece that when the two edges are turned inward and meet on theunder side the full strength of a doubled fabric is attained withperfect edges. The flap-tongues are cut for rights and lofts with thejoined edges always on the under side. The tongues are united to theflap by inserting them between the joined edges in the usual manner, asshown in the drawing. The flap-section O is united to the vamp byjoining at the lines 0 b c and j a d in such a manner that when the flapis extended, as shown in Fig. 2, the anklet and instepare greatlyenlarged, and'will readily admit the boot of the wearer. When the flapis turned down and buckled it will be bound to the foot with as muchfirmness as if the single flap was employed, and at the same time willeffectually guard against the entrance of water or snow at all adjacentpoints. shoe so constructed the security of the gored gaiter is attainedwithout the peculiar universal ankle-pressure common thereto, or theinconvenience sometimes experienced in drawing them on. My improvedshoe, while fully as weather-proof as the gored ga-iter, is much betterventilated by reason, incidentally, of the spaces which exist betweenthe linings of the double flap adjacent to the instep at the top of theshoe.

For the purpose of adding to the strength of the gaiter the lining ismade with the cut exactly opposite in each shoe from the cut in theexterior fabric, as indicated in dotted lines in B, Fig. 3, andtherefore on each side of the shoe the seam is backed up or supported bya continuous fabric either inside or outside;

Having thus described my invention, I desire distinctly to disclaim anyof the distinctive features herein described which may be applicable toleather goods, and simply claim as new, to be secured byLetters PatentAs a new and improved article of manufacture, the cloth and rubbergaiter-overshoe, substantially as described, in which the flap iscomposed of extensions of the vamp on each side at theinstep, is doubledacross the instep, secured at the side, and strengthened by thereverse-cut seams in the exterior and interior fabric, as and for thepurposes specified.

ISAAC F. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses W. F. WILLIAMs,

FRANK Gr. Bowen.

With a gaiter- V

